The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-05-14
Shrewsbury 1tems.-In the matter of the

Shrewsbury Items.-In the matter of the
death of William Ehrhart, of this place, at the
Windsor Hotel, Baltimore, the mysteries which
surrounded the case the failure of the coroner to
hold an inquest on the body, and the failure of the
undertaken to disclose to the police authorities the
marks of apparent violence on the body which he
could plainly see, aroused well-grounded suspi-
cion that the cause of Ehrhart's death was yet a
mystery. These suspicious were strengthened
from the evidence of persons directly from the
scene, the place of the discovery OF the body
Pursuant to evidence in possession OF relatives
and friends of the deceased, Coroner Spangler, OF
York, was notified and came here Sunday morn
ing, in company with DIR. s. j. Rouse. After the
examination of several witnesses the coroner or
dered the body to be exhumed for the purpose of
post norton and inquest. The jury viewed the
body, which disclosed upon it ten marks Of vio
lence, which showed that the deceased was brutaly
beaten by some person or persons unknown to the
jury. At five minutes past o'clock p. M, ON the
day before his death, Mr.. Wash. Hartman, of Glen
Rock, Pa, who was intimately acquainted with
Ehrhart, passed him on Calvert street, opposite
Paretts stables, when the deceased, with his large
valise, was going towards Baltimore street, and
Hartman going towards Calvert Station to take
the 4.30 p. m. train, and there was nothing un-
usual noticed about Ehrhart then. The valise,
which contained his mason's tools, was very heavy.
full and complete post mortem was made by the
coroner and the case will be sifted to the bottom
BY the authorities here, after which the matter
will pass into the hands of the authorities in Bal
timore for further investigation. Mr.. Ehrhart
had secured work with Mr.. Weitze, in the city, at
good wages and which he had intended to enter
upon on Wednesday morning. 1t is alleged he
had financial matter to settle with man in Bal
timore, which, from the conduct of the creditor
had embarrassed and annoy ed the deceased
great deal, and that this matter he was bound to
settle on Tuesday 1t is further alleged that when
the parties met and this subject came up, diff
Guilty occurred between them.
Pursuant to the instructions given to the man
ayers at the last meeting of the Agricultural Socie
ty, they yesterday purchased the Smyser tract, at
the west end of the city Y acres at $500 per acre.
This will give our society the finest grounds in the
State. The fair this season will be held on the
old grounds, the time being too short to complete
the preparation of the new ones. The location is
on the shortline railroad, with pixies and roads to
all parts of the county. The purchase is very
valuable one for other than our purposes.
Prof. j. G. Donaldson, of your county, in
town on Saturday last, looking well and enjoying
good health He sticks to his profession, steadily
advancing with the times.
number of gentlemen of this place formed
stock company and purchased the school house
property. They will convert the building into a
public hail. institution greatly needed in Shrews
bury.
A couple of bunco men visited this section of the
county few weeks ago and fieeced man named
Emanuel Devening out of ST 900. He borrowed
the money from Mr.. S. X. Diebe, of Glen Rock,
for a few days, and then used it in the strangers
little scheme and lost it. If some farmers would
spend dollar or two and subscribe for some good
newspaper, they would be warned of these scamps,
who inest the country, preying upon the ignorant.
1t is very hard on Mr.. Devening to lose that
amount of money, but he refused to tell what he
wanted with it. Had he done so his eyes would
have been opened.
The business men are pleased at the outlook for
spring trade. Groceries are going up whilst every
thing else is down to fair prices. There pros
poets of good fruit crop, if nothing happens to it.
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